2 This world is confusing and so are it s people, we say and do things which are polar opposites. As Muslims we need to filter through the words and actions to discern what IS ISLAAM and what ISN T ISLAAM. The Prophet was sent to establish BALANCE- ADL. To do things in the right way, in the balanced way to put everything where everything belongs. E.G. if there are shoe racks where I need to put my shoes and I [still] put them anywhere in a disorderly way, that is a lack of adl (justice/balance). ي ا أ ي ه ا ال ذ ين آم ن وا ك ون وا ق و ام ين ل ل ه ش ه د اء ب ال ق س ط و ال ي ج ر م ن ك م ش ن آن ق و م ع ل ى أ ال ع د ل وا اع د ل وا و أ ق ر ل لت ق و ى و ا ق وا الل ه إ ن الل ه خ ب ير ب م ا ع م ل ون O you who have believed, be persistently standing firm for Allah, witnesses in justice, and do not let the hatred of a people prevent you from being just. Be just; that is nearer to righteousness. And fear Allah; indeed, Allah is Acquainted with what you do. (5:8) In family life, we swerve from justice. Women and men swerve from justice. We do it in trade and business, in teaching and learning, in agreeing and disagreeing, and in fatwa-solving. If it lacks justice, equity, balance, and fairness then that is not My ISLAAM. It must not be our way, regardless of who uttered it.

3 RAHMA- In the life of a scholar, teacher, parent, friend, politician or the interactions of those we meet if what we argue, do, say, or suggest is stripped and deprived from Rahma, then it has nothing to do with ISLAAM. If there is no Rahma at home, school, in the masjid, in politics, in military activities then it is NOT ISLAAM. و م ا أ ر س ل ن اك إ ال ر ح م ة ل ل ع ال م ين And We have not sent you, except as a mercy to the worlds. (21:107) ال ن ز ع الر ح م ة إ ال م ن ش ق ي Rahma (loving-mercy) shall be stripped only from a miserable one, (Abu Dawud) One whose end is in misery, in this dunya and akhira. If in your actions and words you are lacking RAHMA then this IS NOT ISLAAM. Don t use the Shariah/Islaam/Quotes of the Qur an or Sunnah to justify your lack of RAHMA in all your affairs.

4 If It Intends Undue Harm, It s Not Islaam - The Shari ah is all about the fulfilment of the well-being and benefit of the servants of the Divine in this world and in the Hereafter. و ال ف س د وا ف ي األ ر ض ب ع د إ ص ال ح ه ا And cause not corruption upon the earth after its reformation. (7:56) ال ض ر ر و ال ض ر ا ر You shall not be of those who harm or return harm. (Ibn Majah) Those who violate this norm at home, school, the masjid or in teaching, preaching or learning are not practicing ISLAAM. If It Lacks Hikmah, It s Not Islaam - When we do things, say things, suggest things, give fataws, argue, teach, and learn in ways that lack Hikmah, all of that is not of this deen. ال ك ل م ة ال ح ك م ة ض ال ة ال م ؤ م ن ح ي ث م ا و ج د ا ف ه و أ ح ق ب ه ا Hikmah is the lost property of the faithful one (of the believer). Wherever he or she finds it, it is their own. Hikmah is to speak the beneficial truth in the right moment under the right conditions and the right modality, [all while] weighing the probable consequences.

5 ISLAAM is all about ADL fairness, balance, justice, and putting things where and how they belong. All of it is about RAHMA merciful-love. All of it is about MASAALIH the fulfilment of the well-being of the world and its inhabitants (God s servants) in this dunya and in akhira. All of it is about HIKMAH doing things with wisdom, purpose, and aim, wisely and sagely. Therefore, every solution, at all levels of life, that leads from justice to injustice, or from loving-mercy to the opposite, or from preserving well-being to disorder, or from wisdom to aimlessness has nothing to do with ISLAAM

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